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The objective of this research is examining the correlation between the degree of state and trait anxiety, on one hand, and global and specific self-esteem, on the other hand. Furthermore, it aims at examining the difference in the level of anxiety and self-esteem prominence in relation to the gender of the examinee. State-Trait Anxiety Inventory - STAI (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, Spielberger, 1983) was used to assess the degree of state and trait anxiety prominence. The Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale - RSE (Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, Rosenberg, 1965) was used to assess global self-esteem. The State Self-Esteem Scale (SSES, Heatherton & Pol ivy, 1991) was used to assess specific self-esteem and it assessed the specific self-evaluation of: 1. Physical appearance 2. Social adequacy and 3. Intellectual abilities. The research was conducted on an appropriate sample comprising of 127 students (of both genders) of the Faculty of Sport and Physical Education in Nis. The results of the research show that there is a pronounced negative and statistically significant correlation between the Trait and State anxiety, on one hand, and Global and Specific self-esteem and all the subscales of Specific self-esteem on the other. Differences in degree of self-esteem in the sphere of the physical appearance of the examinees of different gender have been obtained, which shows that male students of sport and physical education have higher self-esteem than female students in the sphere of physical appearance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
